Why the Forced Removal of a Head of State Is a Declaration of Imperial Lawlessness
There are moments when history does not whisper. It shouts.
If it is true that the United States has sent elite forces into the capital of Venezuela and removed its sitting president and his wife, then we are no longer talking about diplomacy, pressure, sanctions, or even covert destabilisation. We are talking about imperial abduction in plain sight.
This is not regime change by persuasion. It is regime change by kidnapping.
And no amount of media varnish can make that acceptable.
Let us strip away the fog. The language of “narco state,” “criminal president,” or “failed election” is not new. It is the same script the empire has read from for over a century. Delegitimise. Criminalise. Isolate. Then act as if international law were an optional accessory.
The closest historical parallel being offered is the US invasion of Panama in 1989 and the seizure of Manuel Noriega. That comparison is meant to reassure. It should terrify.
Panama was flattened to make a point . . .
. . . Panama was not an exception. It was a precedent.
There are moments when history does not whisper. It shouts.
If it is true that the United States has sent elite forces into the capital of Venezuela and removed its sitting president and his wife, then we are no longer talking about diplomacy, pressure, sanctions, or even covert destabilisation. We are talking about imperial abduction in plain sight.
This is not regime change by persuasion. It is regime change by kidnapping.
And no amount of media varnish can make that acceptable.
Let us strip away the fog. The language of “narco state,” “criminal president,” or “failed election” is not new. It is the same script the empire has read from for over a century. Delegitimise. Criminalise. Isolate. Then act as if international law were an optional accessory.
The closest historical parallel being offered is the US invasion of Panama in 1989 and the seizure of Manuel Noriega. That comparison is meant to reassure. It should terrify.
Panama was flattened to make a point . . .
. . . Panama was not an exception. It was a precedent.
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